Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gilmorton, Leicestershire

Gilmorton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Leicestershire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
MATTHEWS7010.8696124.60
WOOD284.347813.65
BENNETT253.882023.62
KETTLE233.5714408.53
BLOXSOM213.260914,000.00
GOODMAN203.1056106.44
HILL192.950311.58
SMITH192.95032.09
BROUGHTON182.7950149.88
COOKE182.795050.65
CLARKE142.173910.73
EARP121.8634512.82
CAVE121.8634129.87
WILLEY121.8634206.90
BURDETT111.7081241.76
BAILEY101.552810.31
HUNT91.397510.52
CHAMBERLIN91.3975420.56
MARCH91.3975129.68
CHANDLER91.397543.50
BROWN81.24221.88
WARD81.24225.69
ALLEN81.24226.58
MOORE81.24226.21
HUBBARD71.087044.70
WOODCOCK71.087038.08
FROST60.931716.57
BISHOP60.931713.33
GARDNER60.931713.72
COLEMAN50.776415.58
ARNOLD50.776414.40
PALLETT50.7764290.70
BURROWS50.776417.74
JONES50.77640.69
SWINGLER50.7764413.22
DAVIS50.77643.53
STAFFORD50.776436.50
STEVENSON40.62118.85
WARDEN40.621186.96
ROBINSON40.62111.95
TARRY30.4658139.53
WILDMAN30.465876.14
SANDERS30.465810.28
LAKIN30.465879.58
WOODWARD30.46589.44
WESSON30.4658178.57
GREEN30.46581.65
TEBBS30.4658352.94
OSBORNE30.46589.76
GOSLING30.465829.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLOXSOM0.6464414000.0000
PRUE0.64644909.0909
EARP0.64644512.8205
CHAMBERLIN0.64644420.5607
SWINGLER0.64644413.2231
KETTLE0.64644408.5258
KINTON0.64644408.1633
TEBBS0.64644352.9412
PALLETT0.64644290.6977
BURDETT0.64644241.7582
WILLEY0.64644206.8966
WESSON0.64644178.5714
BROUGHTON0.64644149.8751
TARRY0.64644139.5349
CAVE0.64644129.8701
MARCH0.64644129.6830
MATTHEWS0.64644124.5995
GOODMAN0.64644106.4396
WARDEN0.6464486.9565
LAKIN0.6464479.5756
WILDMAN0.6464476.1421
MERRIFIELD0.6464465.7895
FREER0.6464456.1798
COOKE0.6464450.6472
HUBBARD0.6464444.6999
CHANDLER0.6464443.4993
WOODCOCK0.6464438.0849
STAFFORD0.6464436.4964
AKERS0.6464431.9489
GOSLING0.6464429.7619
BILLING0.6464427.8552
BENNETT0.6464423.6183
CAMPION0.6464422.1729
BURROWS0.6464417.7368
MASTERS0.6464416.7645
FROST0.6464416.5700
COLEMAN0.6464415.5812
ARNOLD0.6464414.4009
GARDNER0.6464413.7237
WOOD0.6464413.6452
BISHOP0.6464413.3333
HILL0.6464411.5840
CLARKE0.6464410.7288
HUNT0.6464410.5226
BAILEY0.6464410.3093
SANDERS0.6464410.2775
OSBORNE0.646449.7593
WOODWARD0.646449.4429
STEVENSON0.646448.8515
COULSON0.646448.6580

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 644 people called BLOXSOM in Gilmorton at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 14000.0000 in Gilmorton means that 14000.0000% of the people in Gilmorton on census day were called BLOXSOM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLOXSOM in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called BLOXSOM as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called BLOXSOM here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called BLOXSOM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.64 in Gilmorton means that you are 0.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLOXSOM in Gilmorton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gilmorton in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

AKERS (1)  ALLEN (8)  ANGRAVE (21)  ARNOLD (5)  BAILEY (10)  BARTLETT (1)  BENNETT (25)  BIDDLES (6)  BILLING (1)  BISHOP (6)  BLACKWELL (1)  BLOCKLEY (1)  BLOXSOM (21)  BROUGHTON (18)  BROWN (8)  BURDETT (11)  BURROWS (5)  CAVE (12)  CHAMBERLIN (9)  CAMPION (1)  CHANDLER (9)  CHESTERTON (6)  CLARKE (14)  COBLEY (7)  COLEMAN (5)  COOKE (18)  COULSON (1)  CRANE (1)  CROSS (1)  DAVIS (5)  DECON (?) (1)  EARP (12)  ELLIOTT (1)  FROST (6)  FREER (2)  GARDNER (6)  GOODMAN (20)  GOSLING (3)  GREEN (3)  GUPWELL (1)  HARRIS (2)  HILL (19)  HOBILL (4)  HUBBARD (7)  HUNT (9)  JESSON (12)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (5)  KETTLE (23)  KINTON (2)  LAKIN (3)  LEE (1)  MARCH (9)  MARSH (2)  MASTERS (2)  MATTHEWS (70)  MAWBY (11)  MEASURES (20)  MERRIFIELD (1)  MOORE (8)  NICHOLS (1)  NORTON (1)  OSBORNE (3)  PALLETT (5)  PRESTON (1)  PRUE (1)  REEVE (1)  ROBINSON (4)  RODGERS (1)  SANDERS (3)  SLEATH (3)  SMITH (19)  SPOKES (1)  STAFFORD (5)  STEVENSON (4)  STONE (1)  SWINGLER (5)  TARRY (3)  TEBBS (3)  THORNTON (1)  WALLIS (1)  WARD (8)  WARDEN (4)  WELLS (1)  WESSON (3)  WILDMAN (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOLMER (3)  WOOD (28)  WOODCOCK (7)  WOODWARD (3)  WILLEY (12)